Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 07.08.21
20/08/2021
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 7, 2021
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,053 835 413,834 7,729 2,717 - 174
Tuesday 122,897 2,218 468,783 6,238 2,074 - 305
Wednesday 122,025 1,218 471,713 6,265 1,277 - 262
Thursday 120,870 1,385 467,410 7,479 2,087 - 216
Friday 114,760 1,864 449,035 3,468 1,650 - 252
Saturday 46,737 1 56,605 1,056 100 - -
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Total 644,342 7,521 2,327,380 32,235 9,905 - 1,209
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%Steers 49.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 90.6
%Heifers 28.7 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 9.4
%Cows 19.6 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.8
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- Represents zero.
1/ Bison are not covered under the Meat Inspection Act, and therefore do not req
inspection. Numbers refer to the amount killed in Federally Inspected plants
Inspected, and are not necessarily inspected.
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Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 7, 2021
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 527.1 Cattle 1,353 820
Steers 896
Heifers 817
Cows 623
Bulls 893
Calves and veal 0.9 Calves 211 121
Pork 487.5 Hogs 281 210
Barrows and gilts 207
Sows 302
Boars 204
Lamb and mutton 1.9 Sheep 120 60
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 60
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Total meat
production 1,017.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 7, 2021
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 644,342
Steers 320,990 49.8
Heifers 185,146 28.7
Dairy cows 59,476 9.2
Other cows 66,884 10.4
Bulls 11,846 1.8
Calves Total 7,521
Hogs Total 2,327,380
Barrows and gilts 2,262,626 97.2
Sows 59,087 2.5
Boars 5,667 0.2
Sheep Total 32,235
Mature sheep 3,044 9.4
Lambs and yearlings 29,191 90.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 7, 2021
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Number of head slaughtered
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Day Steers & heifers Dairy & other
of as % of Dairy Other as % of
week Steers Heifers cattle cows cows cattle
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Monday 60,982 32,168 79.6 8,912 12,733 18.5
Tuesday 60,503 35,649 78.2 11,459 13,046 19.9
Wednesday 57,594 37,043 77.6 12,292 12,933 20.7
Thursday 60,021 35,012 78.6 10,974 12,566 19.5
Friday 58,024 31,426 77.9 12,073 11,232 20.3
Saturday 23,866 13,848 80.7 3,766 4,374 17.4
Total 320,990 185,146 78.6 59,476 66,884 19.6
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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